Julian Assange
Posted on 11/18/2010 4:21:19 PM PST by MissesBush
(Nov. 18) -- A Swedish prosecutor requested an arrest warrant today for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who's being investigated for rape, sexual molestation and coercion -- allegations he denies.
Two Swedish women who volunteered with WikiLeaks have both accused Assange of rape and sexual assault during meetings that took place in late summer. Assange, 39, says his relations with both women were consensual.
He's also called their claims "dirty tricks" by the Pentagon and part of a "legal circus" in Sweden, where he sought to set up a base for WikiLeaks where the whistle-blower site would be shielded from prosecution under the country's strict journalism protection laws.
Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty Images WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the target of an arrest warrant requested Thursday by a Swedish prosecutor investigating rape and sexual molestation charges against him. Assange has denied the allegations. An Australian citizen, Assange has a reputation for suspicion, secrecy and reclusiveness. He has said he believes a high-level conspiracy is working to discredit him. He's angered the Pentagon and other powerful forces with his release of documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. WikiLeaks recently made public nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files that revealed that thousands more Iraqi civilians died during the war there than the U.S. military previously acknowledged.
But Stockholm prosecutor Marianne Ny said today's warrant request has nothing to do with Assange's work.
"The reason for my request is that we need to interrogate him. So far, we have not been able to meet him to carry out the interrogations," Ny said, according to Reuters. A court hearing is set for today.
This isn't the first time the Stockholm prosecutor's office has requested such a warrant for Assange. It issued a warrant in late August and then withdrew it a month later, but announced that it was continuing to investigate the rape and sexual molestation charges, The New York Times reported.
If Ny's request is granted, authorities could issue an international arrest warrant for Assange, who is believed to be in Britain, Agence France-Presse reported.
Assange's lawyer in Sweden, Bjoern Hurtig, called the prosecutor's petition "exaggerated" and "out of proportion."
"He of course denies the allegations and opposes being arrested, and we do not think it is proportional to demand his arrest just to interrogate him," Hurtig told AFP.
But Claes Borgstroem, a lawyer for the two Swedish women, who haven't been identified, told Sweden's TT news agency, "Finally. This should have been done earlier."
Julian Assange
So the dirtbag is a rapist and a pervert as well? Well, who would’a thunk it?
Don’t just Eye it DO IT!
He was framed ,
Here’s the best summation of events I’ve found on the net. It doesn’t draw any conclusions, you can make your own....
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/20773/
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/20821/
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/21010/
Apparently Assange is innocent as the driven snow and the rapes charges are just an evil NATO/CIA conspiracy to ‘silence him’ -— according to the left.
Does not seem to be working very well as WikiLeaks and Assange at this moment still publicly available endangering our troops overseas.
It’s “the Moscow Way” - kind of like leaving Somali Pirates in the middle of the sea in a leaky boat. You may see a little dropoff in the quantity of lies about the Russian military moving forward.
I thought Ass-ange was a poof.
>The filthy should be put in front of a firing squad for high treason against the free world and for giving aid and comfort to terrorists.<
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We have so many of them in the free world but we keep on making excuses for them that they will complete their mission without effort. In the meantime the free world will lie down in the fetal position and just take it in the *ss.
It all started with Klaus Fuchs and the atomic secrets back in the 40’s. He never got what he deserved. America just ripped out it’s own spine after WWII and joined the UN in order to receive more abuse.
Wrong choice by CIA, they should have used one Swedish Mauser, instead of two Swedish masseuses.
Keep the pressure on him.
Somebody will ultimately have him arrested.
Hmmm. Is Assange selective in the countries that he “outs”? I wonder what would have happened to him if he’d revealed Russian secrets. I’ll bet he’d assume room temperature rather quickly. Instead, he goes after the U.S., where he can be assured we will follow the Marquess of Queensberry rules...
My understanding is that his military source, Bradley Manning, is a homosexual “hactivist”.
Two Swedish women who volunteered with WikiLeaks have both accused Assange of rape and sexual assault during meetings that took place in late summer. Assange, 39, says his relations with both women were consensual. He's also called their claims "dirty tricks" by the Pentagon and part of a "legal circus" in SwedenThanks MissesBush.
A traitor to the West and a rapist too? Get him a prime time slot on MSLSD!
When we said “leaks”, we didn’t mean ours. :)
Isn't this what the international left accuses the United States of?
I hope there is a particularly nasty part in He!! waiting for this guy.
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